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27 September 2024

Child-Friendly Safe Spaces for migrant children and adolescents

The Cedrón family is comprised of 15 members, ten children and five adults. Among the adults, Lincon (43) is disabled and communicates exclusively using sign language. Together the Cedrón grandparents, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, cousins, infants, children, and adolescents, range in age from just 10 months o...

22 November 2023

Learning Passport Costa Rica

Aprendo Pura Vida is Costa Rica's Learning Passport digital educational platform, providing Costa Rican students with a comprehensive selection of free courses in an asynchronous format. This initiative was established in partnership by the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) and UNICEF Costa Rica, effectively merg...

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09 October 2022

All children learn in Costa Rica

Costa Rica in Numbers, Costa Rica in Numbers We work with the Ministry of Public Education and other partners to reduce exclusion, increase retention, improve learning outcomes and support the completion of secondary education, especially for students with disabilities, in areas with higher levels of exclusion and...

Innovative early childhood learning and education

In recent years, young children and their families have been exposed to a lack of early childhood development services, as well as to the learning crisis that we are witnessing in the region. That is why it is urgent to implement the necessary innovative approaches and programs that allow all young girls and boys ...

Costa Rica receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX Mechanism

PANAMÁ/SAN JOSÉ, 07 April 2021 – Today, Costa Rica received 43.200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism, a global effort between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi, UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Or...

19 November 2020

Urgent appeal for children and families affected by Hurricanes Eta and Iota

Hurricane Eta made landfall on 3 November on the northern Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, with 240 km/h winds. The storm continued moving slowly inland and left a trail of destruction across Central American countries. Heavy rainfalls led to catastrophic, lifethreatening flash flooding and river flooding, along with...

11 November 2020

Over 1,2 million children affected by ETA across Central America

Download photos and videos, here . PANAMA CITY, 11 November 2020 - Several days of torrential rains and catastrophic flooding caused by Tropical Storm Eta have devastated the lives of more than 1.2 million children across Central America, according to UNICEF estimates based on official reports. In days, this est...

08 October 2019

UN Human Rights Experts call for youth-led climate solutions

SAN JOSÉ/COSTA RICA, October 8, 2019 – After a dialogue held with 17 young climate activists on the opening day of PreCOP25 in Costa Rica, Andrew Gilmour, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, stressed the need to promote and i...

07 October 2019

Youth propose climate actions in Costa Rica global conference

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, 7 October 2019 - Around 70 young people kicked off a new regional climate challenge - 1000 actions for a change - today in the presence of the Vice President of Costa Rica, Epsy Campbell Barr. The challenge seeks to map out more than a thousand youth-led grassroot solutions for climate change...